Music and Creativity are NOT sexualizing children

The latest diversion by the Daily Fail in England is of no interest. The way lazy and shallow journalist and commentators have pounced on the story is, however, very revealing.

In short, the would-be dictators at the Daily Fail have decided to attack and besmirch musicians and creatives like Lady GaGa, Katy Perry, Britney Spears, Madonna, Rihanna and anyone else they can think of for their modern witch hunt.

In an unforgivable way the newspaper and its columnists write in sweeping terms, like: "female singers seem to think that the only way to sell their albums is to flash their gussets". The Victorian terminology is no mistake as the Fail likes to pretend it honors "traditional values" while it exaggerates whatever its current hang-up may be.

Creating and playing music is a creative process, but the important part is it is undertaken by creative people. Creative people, all through history, provide glimpses into beauty, endeavor, passion, joy, despair, love and all manner of follies.

One very important function of art is the holding of a mirror to society, whenever and wherever that society may be. The Daily Fail, as usual, wants to shoot the messenger.

As you can see from the photo right, the Victorians never thought of clothing and deportment as anything other than "proper". LOL

Fantastic spectacle at the Britney Spears Circus Tour

Anyone who has witnessed a performance of Cirque du Soleil will know the power of great music when coupled with a stunning show. They might be surprised to know that Britney Spears achieves similar heights of skill and performance with her new Circus Tour.

Britney flies through the air (photo 1), very much in the care of professionals, yet does so with a true performer's ability and naturalness. Britney is nimble (photo 2), Britney is quick. Most of all, Britney is the star, back on centre stage and, by the looks, totally loving it.

The concert tour features many shows in large arenas, where the circle-in-the-round stage is used to thrilling effect. That approach is also a plus for the audience, as a much higher percentage have great seats, literally ringside.

There are four Acts to the show, with plenty of costume changes. They are Circus, followed by House of Fun (Anything Goes) and then some different sort of fun with Freakshow/Peepshow (photo 3). The final Act is Electro Circ and, of course, we can expect an Encore.

With the Pussycat Dolls as the opening act, there is plenty of dancing to watch, and that choreography carries over to Britney's Acts (photo 4).

The first part of the tour takes in Atlanta, Miami, Newark and Boston. As you can see from the photos, Britney is looking very fit.

Then the Tour heads north to Canada with shows in Toronto (two) and Montreal. New York, Washington, Pittsburgh and Houston round out to the end of March.

In April, beginning on the 3rd, Dallas is followed by Kansas City and Minneapolis. Then back to Canada for Edmonton and Vancouver. After Tacoma it's the turn of California, with a host of shows: Sacramento, San Jose, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, Anaheim and San Francisco.

The end of April shows will be in Phoenix, Las Vegas, Chicago and Columbus. Such a concert tour requires lots of stamina and rumours are that Britney and her crew really worked hard to get themselves and the routines into shape.

On the strength of the first show, everything is working really well.